(UK) The Department for Culture Media and Sport confirmed that a £2.2m grant to the charity had been paused while allegations of homophobia and misogyny were investigated.
The Green Lane Mosque and Community Centre (GLMCC) in Birmingham was awarded a grant of £2.2m from the Youth Investment Fund at the beginning of August.
In one video, published on the charity’s YouTube channel in 2019, a preacher, Shaykh Abu Usamah At-Thahabi, said: “Don’t teach my kids homosexuality,” and: “I don’t condone and I don’t support that lifestyle.”
Additional video clips containing the charity’s branding were shared on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
In one video, an imam appeared to describe the ‘correct’ way to stone a woman to death. Another featured an imam stating that a wife should be “obedient and respectful” to her husband, and divorce should be put in the hands of men because “men are meant to be less emotional”.